MURGOITIO TAKES SATURDAY 50-LAPPER AT MERIDIAN

 


Meridian, ID……..Mike Murgoitio of Meridian, Idaho scored a hometown victory Saturday night in the 50-lap AMSOIL USAC Western and Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint feature at Meridian Speedway. Murgoitio passed Bryan Warf on lap 39 and led the final 12 circuits to beat Warf, Tim Skoglund, Tony Hunt and fast qualifier Luis Ramos III. Skoglund led the opening lap of the race. The top-five in the Western standings are now separated by just 14 points, while Ryan Burdett is the new Rocky Mountain point leader after finishing 11th Saturday.


 


USAC AMSOIL WESTERN/SLVRA YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 16, 2011 – Meridian, Idaho – Meridian Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Luis Ramos III, 21, Kaplan/Gennuso-12.361; 2. Johnny Geisler, 12, Geisler-12.395; 3. Mike Murgoitio, 80, Murgoitio-12.434; 4. Bryan Warf, 91, Warf-12.488; 5. Chris Ratterree, 18, Ratterree-12.488; 6. Tim Skoglund, 60, Western Speed-12.494; 7. Audra Sasselli, 77, Sasselli-12.496; 8. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-12.508; 9. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-12.521; 01. Sierra Jackson, 25, Jackson-12.628; 11. Eric Barlow, 89, Waters-112.675; 12. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-12.683; 13. Robert Beck, 3, Beck-12.800;14. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-12.856; 15. Cody Veenstra, 05, Rule-12.926; 16. Mark Floyd, 86, Floyd-13.897; 14. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-14.568.


 


DASH: (4 laps) 1. Murgoitio, 2. Geisler, 3. Warf, 4. Ramos. NT


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hunt, 2. Veenstra, 3. Barlow, 4. Ratterree, 5. Ramos, 6. Sasselli, 7. Beck, 8. Mitchell, 9. Murgoitio. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Burdette, 2. Jackson, 3. Skoglund, 4. Geisler, 5. Warf, 6. Waters, 7. Gerhardt, 8. Floyd. NT


 


FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Mike Murgoitio, 2. Bryan Warf, 3. Tim Skoglund, 4. Tony Hunt, 5. Luis Ramos III, 6. Robert Beck, 7. Cody Gerhardt, 8. Audra Sasselli, 9. Jim Waters, 10. Cody Veenstra, 11. Ryan Burdette, 12. Marvin Mitchell, 13. Chris Ratterree, 14. Eric Barlow, 15. Sierra Jackson, 16. Mark Floyd, 17. Johnny Geisler. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Skoglund, Laps 2-38 Warf, Laps 39-50 Murgoitio.


 


NEW ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT POINTS: 1-Burdett-391; 2-Waters-376; 3-Geisler-329; 4-Barlow-327; 5-Murgoitio-266; 6-Paul Marconi-258; 7-Skoglund-244; 8-Ramos-235; 9-Mel Andrus-233; 10-Gerhardt-222.


NEW WESTERN SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hunt-445; 2-Sasselli-443; 3-Gerhardt-439; 4-Skoglund-435; 5-Ramos-431; 6-Scott Pierovich-267; 7-Geisler-210; 8-Geoff Ensign-199; 9-Murgoitio-193; 10-Tim Barber-177.


 


NEXT ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE: July 30 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways


NEXT AMSOIL WESTERN SPRINT RACE: August 27 – Irwindale, CA – Toyota Speedway at Irwindale